The Boulevard of Broken Dreams

In this singular 2002 graphic novel from Pantheon, Kim and Simon Deitch weave a haunting, semi-autobiographical tale set against the crumbling glamour of old Hollywood. Following a down-on-his-luck animator as he stumbles through a fever dream of forgotten cartoons, lost loves, and a mysterious cat, the story blurs the line between memory and delusion. Kim Deitch’s signature scratchy, expressive linework brings a timeless, slightly unhinged energy to this meditation on the ghosts of the animation industry. A cult classic from two of the medium’s most distinctive voices, it remains a poignant, strange, and essential work of American comics.